The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany’s southern state of Bavaria has risen to six, after a child was found to have been infected. An health official attend to a coronavirus patient The child’s father had also fallen ill with the new coronavirus, the Bavarian Health Ministry said on Friday, January 31, 2020. The virus originated in China and has ...

The Federal Government will not stop Nigerians from travelling to China or any other country where coronavirus has manifested. Alhaji Lai Mohammed Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made this known while addressing newsmen shortly after a meeting of the inter-ministerial and multi sectoral committee on coronavirus held at the Ministry of Health, Abuja on Friday, January 31, ...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday, January 30, 2020 launched a fund-raising campaign to rescue the nature and wildlife in Australia amid devastating bushfires, the official WAM News Agency reported. The burnt bodies of hundreds of animals line a road in Australia The Emirates Nature-WWF (World Wildlife Fund) said in a statement that the funds raised through the campaign ...

A new global initiative to promote peace through land restoration was signed on Tuesday, January 28, 2020 by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the Korea Forest Service (KFS). Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary of the UNCCD Conflicts over natural resources are among key peace and security challenges of the 21st century. With the right approach, cooperation in ...

 The President of COP25, Carolina Schmidt, participated at the 14th Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, in the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), where she explored trends, opportunities and challenges in this area. COP25 President, Carolina Schmidt, speaking at the 14th Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean The ...

Due to the ongoing situation following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus 2019, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in consultation with the Government of the People’s Republic of China, the COP (Conference of the Parties) Presidency and the Co-Chairs of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (WG2020-2), has decided that the second meeting of ...

While condemning racial discrimination shown to Ugandan climate change activist, Vanessa Nakate, Mithika Mwenda and Augustin Njamnshi, both of the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), emphasise that media must not join in the discrimination vice, saying that Africans are proud of themselves as they are Vanessa Nakate A voice is heard from Uganda, here in Africa, where occupants are ...

Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says Nigeria is contributing to research for the development of Lassa fever vaccine to proffer a lasting solution to the disease. Dr. Osagie Ehanire, Health Minister Ehanire, who disclosed this at a news conference on Tuesday, January 28, 2020 in Abuja, said Lassa fever was preventable and could be treated. He said that the ...

The fourth edition of the Point of View (POV) monthly series of talks held on Friday, January 24, 2020 at the Alliance Francaise/Mike Adenuga Centre in Lagos. Titled “Art as a Driver of Environmental Sustainability”, the session advocated for sustainable cities and communities by promoting interdisciplinary collaborations between professionals, the arts, science and technology to highlight the role of the ...

Twenty years ago, on January 29, 2000, Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. The Cartagena Protocol entered into force on September 11, 2003. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Acting Executive Secretary of the CBD The Cartagena Protocol is said to a milestone achievement under the Convention on Biological Diversity, making a significant contribution to ...